JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<p id="stateMsg">state<p>
<select id="theSelect">
    <option>1</option>
    <option>2</option>
</select>

JavaScript

selectTest = function(event){
    var selectOpen = false;
    /*Debug Purposes Only*/
    stateMsgElem = document.getElementById('stateMsg');
    stateMsgElem.innerHTML = event.type;
}
function addEventHandler(elem,event,handler) {
    if (elem.addEventListener) elem.addEventListener(event,handler,false);
    else if (elem.attachEvent) elem.attachEvent("on"+event,handler);
    else return false;
}
var theSelect = document.getElementById('theSelect');
addEventHandler(theSelect, 'blur', selectTest);